Fire at Adelong
SYDNEY, Friday.—Considerable damage was done to business premises in The main street of Adelong. Three shops wore damaged by fire and water…
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Fires & bushfires, 1920
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Byron Bay. Thursday's Fire
The scene of Thursday's fire is now a dreary mass of crumpled iron and the remains of stock and implements that the greedy flames could not consume…
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Considerable damage was done to business premises last night by a fire which threatened the whole side of one street. Several establishments were…
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Amplifying the short account in yesterday's issue our local representative writes- On Thursday, about 3 p.m. smoke was noticed coming from the roof of Mr. G. F…
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Just before 8 o'clock last night, the alarm of fire was received at the fire station, and the brigade, under the command of Capt. Wills, was soon on the scene of the con…
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On inquiry yesterday it was ascertained that the furniture and other contents of Mr. Bland Sidney, who was the occupier of the mouse in Keen-street that was burnt down…
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Serious bush fires are raging on Mount Lofty Ranges. Yesterday thousands of pounds worth of damage was done…
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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—Serious bush fires are raging in the Mount Lofty ranges. REOPENING INSTITUTE. GRAFTON, Tuesday.—The Mechanics'…
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At about four o'clock on Thursday afternoon a fire was discovered in the upstairs residential portion of Mr G. F. Gibson's general store at Byron…
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HOBART, Saturday.—Risby Brothers' timber mills at Hobart were completely gutted by fire this morning, and the adjacent buildings in the block bounded by Davey,…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A breakvan on the mail train which left Sydney for Coonarabran caught fire early this morning between Cullen Bullen and Ben Bullen. The van was…
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When between Cullen Bullen and Ben Bullen the brake van on the mail train which left Coonabarabran caught' fire today. The van was badly damaged and the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Strand Picture Show, Narrabri, together with the Greyhound Hotel, livery stables, auction rooms, and the Exchange Hotel, was…
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A fire broke out this morning, at the Strand Picture Show building and completely destroyed it, in addition, to the Greyhound and Exchange Hotels. The…
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The first floor of the Australian States Motor Companies premises, Crcek-st., Brisbane, was gutted by fire to-day. The building is in the heart, of a big and…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The factory and its contents of Maguire and Co., wicker furnishers, at Waterloo, was destroyed by fire early this morning. This is the fourth time in 10…
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A daring attempt at robbery was made in Inverell on Sunday afternoon, when the establishment of A. M. Cansdell and Co., Ltd., was entered…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The boiling down works of Cockbill and Sons, West Melbourne, were partly destroyed by fire. The damage is estimated at about £40,000…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The town of Sassafras narrowly escaped destruction by ambush fire yesterday. A favorable change in the wind enabled the firemen to obtain…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The coastal steamer Out Jack put into the Nambucca. River and reported a fire had been discovered among the cargo at sea, but the outbreak had been…
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